In addition to a significant increase in employment, the study shows that income generated in an electric vehicle transition ...

UNEP and small island states are working together to restore nature and boost climate resilience for a safer, sustainable ...

UNEP is supporting cities, including Toronto, as they exchange best practices on how to conserve and restore urban nature.

Despite its critical role in sustaining billions of lives, the global food system fails to deliver for health, rights, and ...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved over USD 120 million in new funding to strengthen climate resilience in Ghana, the Maldives, and Mauritania. At the request of the three countries, the UN ...

With UNEP support, Lao PDR has developed a system to track planet-warming emissions, seen as key for allowing the nation to ...

BackgroundVehicular emissions are a major challenge in Kampala, Uganda with the National Environment Management Authority of ...

Since the founding of the United Nations in 1945, countries have worked together to forge groundbreaking agreements to safeguard the environment. From protecting species to repairing the ozone layer, ...

Data Resources Science and data are fundamental in providing answers to some of the most pressing sustainability issues of the twenty-first century. Strengthening the science-policy interface to ...

IGO Focal points > Page ComponentsFocal points—nominated by governments, intergovernmental bodies, and non-governmental organizations—play a vital role in advancing the Global Framework on Chemicals ...

ABOUT Nutrients are essential chemical elements that organisms need to survive and reproduce. These nutrients are divided into macronutrients, needed in large quantities, and micronutrients like iron, ...

The Committee of Permanent Representatives is an intersessional subsidiary organ of the United Nations Environment Assembly that:regularly reviews the implementation of the outcomes of the UN ...